The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered on Saturday, April 2, the review of the existing forest fire prevention measures to prevent further incidents of man-made forest fires nationwide, especially with the increasing temperature as the dry (referred to as summer)...
Korean star couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin, Song Hye-kyo and more have made donations for the victims of forest fires in South Korea. The forest fires started on March 4 and has razed 21,772 hectares of woodland. The affected areas are Uljin in North Gyeongsang province with 16,913 hectares of...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar In response to calls from the private sector, government has announced that they are now crafting a pandemic exit plan. Presidential adviser for COVID-19 response Vince Dizon has been quoted by the press as saying that the National Task Force...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar As the election campaign nears, a lot of people have been asking me who I am voting for in the May national elections. I do not have an answer for that question right now but there is a question that I think is equally important—what kind...
By Terence Ranis Manila City Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso visited the almost-finished renovated Arroceros Park, the city’s famous riverside forest park, in preparation for its reopening at the end of this month. In a Facebook livestream on Saturday (Jan. 28), Domagoso and Manila City...
Somewhere in Bacolod, a backyard that was once barren is turned into a flourishing food forest mostly filled with perennials. It is spearheaded by Jo Anne V. Coruña, a writer, visual artist, permaculture practitioner and educator, and a podcast co-host. If you haven’t read Coruña's...
Jo Anne V. Coruña is a writer and visual artist who juggles her career and family life while also cultivating a food forest within their 1,000 sqm residence. She was raised in Metro Manila and one of her earliest memories linked to gardening is of her mother tending to purple orchids. Her...
The Holiday season is one of the most exciting times everyone looks forward to all year. It is the period of the year where we show our love and appreciation for friends and family the most, and reunite with our loved ones from far places. But as joyful and wonderful as this season gets, as...
In line with its Creating Better Days campaign series, Forest Lake, one of the largest and leading memorial care brands in the Philippines, is back with another webinar focused on mental health and well-being! With Christmas only a few days away, they want to specifically focus on how we can...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I have said it before and I will say it again — entrepreneurs will lead our country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the recently concluded Villar SIPAG’s 10th OFW & Family Summit, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon M....
Editorial Emerging from the recent 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summit, the Philippines joined the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and committed to reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. More than...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has vowed to protect the country's remaining forests as part of its commitments before the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) to limit the world's rising temperature by various means. In a statement issued...
